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March 28, 2007
Sentence too lenient
Re: your March 28 article, "Ex-pastor collapses in court after getting 6 years for molesting girl":
My outrage is directed squarely on the shoulders of Ventura County Superior Court Judge Bruce Clark. We should all take a few moments to contact Clark's office and hold his feet to the fire by demanding he provide an explanation of why he sentenced this child sexual predator to only six years and 4 months when he could issued a 12-year sentence. We need to hold all judges accountable, particularly those who are soft on their sentencing for child rapists and sexual predators.
And who cares that William Allen Malgren collapsed after being sentenced? Shouldn't the article have focused on the real story here and instead had the headline, “Ventura County Superior Court judge only hands down 6-year versus 12-year sentence to convicted child sexual predator"?
— Dawn Williams, Thousand Oaks

